From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Installing the system from another distro Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:43:10 +0300 Message-ID: <87a93gww7l.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45592) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XstvI-0003yA-Q2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:43:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xstv8-0000ek-41 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:43:24 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22b]:36556) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xstv7-0000ea-Sn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:43:14 -0500 Received: by mail-lb0-f171.google.com with SMTP id n15so1635881lbi.2 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 05:43:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from leviafan (128-74-163-106.broadband.corbina.ru. [128.74.163.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ed8sm3547606lbb.41.2014.11.24.05.43.11 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 24 Nov 2014 05:43:11 -0800 (PST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Hello, I've tried to install the Guix system from my current system ("Arch Linux") where I use the Guix package manager: ./pre-inst-env guix system init /path/to/my-os-config.scm /mnt/guix Unfortunately it failed (os-config and the backtrace are attached). So I wonder: is installing from another distro supported? or the only right way is to use an usb image? Thanks in advance. --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=os-config.scm (use-modules (gnu)) (operating-system (host-name "hn") (timezone "Europe/Paris") (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda"))) (file-systems (cons (file-system (device "/dev/sda7") (mount-point "/") (type "ext4")) %base-file-systems)) (users (list (user-account (name "al") (home-directory "/home/al") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "audio" "video")))))) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=fail-log Backtrace: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 157: 17 [catch #t # ...] In unknown file: ?: 16 [apply-smob/1 #] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 63: 15 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...] In ice-9/eval.scm: 432: 14 [eval # #] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2401: 13 [save-module-excursion #] 4050: 12 [#] 1724: 11 [%start-stack load-stack ...] 1729: 10 [#] In unknown file: ?: 9 [primitive-load "/media/storage/src/guix/scripts/guix"] In guix/ui.scm: 776: 8 [run-guix-command system "init" ...] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 157: 7 [catch srfi-34 # ...] 157: 6 [catch system-error ...] In guix/monads.scm: 469: 5 [run-with-store # ...] In guix/scripts/system.scm: 309: 4 [# #] In gnu/system.scm: 702: 3 [# #] 449: 2 [# #] 455: 1 [# (# # # # ...)] In unknown file: ?: 0 [concatenate (() () () () () () () () () ...)] ERROR: In procedure concatenate: ERROR: In procedure append: Wrong type argument in position 19 (expecting empty list): #f --=-=-=--